Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Agent Arrested on Felony Theft Charges
Mar 26 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Mandeville, La., insurance producer (agent) was shut down and booked on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud involving misappropriation of premiums. Allen James...
La. Representative Loses Leadership of Ins. Committee
Mar 25 2004 // A House committee chairman has been removed from his post following his vote against Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s business tax legislation. Rep. Troy Hebert, D-Jeanerette, was booted from his leadership position on the...
Louisiana Agent Arrested for Forgery, Theft
Mar 17 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a Jennings, La. insurance agent (producer) was booked on charges of forgery and theft in the latest of a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state. Shari Vincent...
Wooley Leaves IIABA for Democratic Party
Mar 10 2004 // Derek Wooley, son of Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, is leaving his job as governmental affairs representative with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America to become the new executive...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
New Orleans Bail Bondsman Loses Insurance Licenses
Mar 8 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a bail bond agent operating in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond signed a departmental “Consent to Voluntary Revocation” document, which revokes all...
A LANDMARK OPPORTUNITY:
Mar 8 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) has launched its nation-wide campaign to attract insurers to Louisiana, kicking it off with the distribution of “Louisiana: A Landmark...
Louisiana Oilfield Workers Now Have Insurance Fund
Mar 4 2004 // The Louisiana Oilfield Contractors Association (LOCA) formed a group self insurance fund for workers’ compensation coverage for participating members, marking the first time this successful risk transfer mechanism...
Louisiana Senator Wants Committee to Study Coastal Erosion Costs
Mar 2 2004 // Louisiana State Sen. James David Cain, R-Dry Creek, the chairman of a state Senate committee on insurance wants to study the costs of coastal erosion on homeowners’ insurance rates. According to the Associated Press,...
Louisiana Big ‘I’ Launches ‘A Landmark Opportunity’
Feb 26 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) announced the launch of a nation-wide campaign to attract insurance companies to Louisiana. The campaign kicked off with the nationwide distribution of...
Louisiana Top 20 Insurers-Ocean Marine
Feb 23 2004 // Louisiana Top 20 Insurers—Ocean Marine The following table shows data from the top 20 ocean marine insurers in Louisiana—based on premium written—as of the end of 2002. There were 83 ocean marine insurers registered...
Louisiana Agent Arrested
Feb 10 2004 // A LaPlace, La. insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, according to Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. Department of Insurance Fraud...
Got to Get Away’
Feb 10 2004 // Independent insurance agents go to conferences and conventions to learn, to network, to meet company reps and, sometimes, just to get away. Opportunities to do all of those things abound this year for agents in Arkansas,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana Agencies
Feb 9 2004 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Roberts & Eastland LLC and Persac Insurance Agency of Baton Rouge, La., effective Jan. 31, 2004. Terms of the transactions were not...
Former Louisiana Legislator Joins PCI
Jan 29 2004 // Former Louisiana state representative Charles McMains, Jr. joined Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) as local counsel. According to PCI, Louisiana insurance companies and consumers now have an...
You Can’t Keep a Good State Down
Jan 26 2004 // Louisiana, Louisiana. They’re tryin’ to wash us away, They’re tryin’ to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They’re tryin’ to wash us away, They’re tryin’ to wash us away...
Louisiana Sen. Cain Appointed Insurance Committee Chair
Jan 26 2004 // Republican Sen. James David Cain was appointed the new chairman of the Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee, and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) praised his appointment. “Senate...
Mission Possible: Bringing Insurers Back to Louisiana
Jan 26 2004 // If the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) and Louisiana’s insurance commissioner have their way, the state will soon be flooded with insurers...
Beyond the Bayou and Mardi Gras
Jan 26 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Louisiana at 4,468,976. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 19 percent had...
USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana
Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...
